This new Antarctica study is bad news for climate change doubters; Snow and sea ice keep hitting record lows this year in the Northern Hemisphere; This could be a completely different strategy for tackling the world’s carbon emissions; Here’s what Florida’s massive toxic algae bloom looks like from space; A cheap, simple experiment just found a very effective way to slow deforestation; The biggest body of warm water on Earth is getting even bigger;
 
Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
 
 
This new Antarctica study is bad news for climate change doubters
New research on Antarctic sea ice undermines a favorite climate skeptic talking point.
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Snow and sea ice keep hitting record lows this year in the Northern Hemisphere
The changes are altering how the Earth reflects radiation back to space.
 
This could be a completely different strategy for tackling the world’s carbon emissions
A study suggests we should go after the plants with the most emissions.
 
Here’s what Florida’s massive toxic algae bloom looks like from space
Florida's governor has appealed to President Obama to send federal help, saying that the problem has caused "havoc to our environment."
 
A cheap, simple experiment just found a very effective way to slow deforestation
A "proof of concept" study shows that paying developing country landowners not to cut down their trees actually works.
 
The biggest body of warm water on Earth is getting even bigger
Meet the expanding Indo-Pacific warm pool.
 
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